Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song I heard he sang a good song I heard he had a style And so I came to see him And listen for a while And there he was this young boy A stranger to my eyes Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song I felt all flushed with fever Embarrassed by the crowd I felt he found my letters And read each one out loud I prayed that he would finish But he just kept right on Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words
Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song I heard he sang a good song I heard he had a style And so I came to see him And listen for a while And there he was this young boy A stranger to my eyes Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song I felt all flushed with fever Embarrassed by the crowd I felt he found my letters And read each one out loud I prayed that he would finish But he just kept right on Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words
A versão de Roberta Flack, lançada em 1973, foi a primeira a alcançar o topo das paradas nos Estados Unidos, Austrália e Canadá, além de chegar ao sexto lugar na lista do Reino Unido.
Em 1996, os Fugees, com Lauryn Hill nos vocais, fizeram o single entrar em primeiro lugar em vinte países, sendo o primeiro lançamento a estrear no topo da parada alemã.
Flack e os Fugees se apresentaram juntos na música, marcando a única colaboração ao vivo entre os dois artistas que gravaram versões distintas da canção.
Tanto a gravação de Flack quanto a dos Fugees foram incluídas na lista revisada de 2021 do Rolling Stone das 500 Melhores Canções de Todos os Tempos.
A faixa ganhou o Grammy de 1974 como Record of the Year e Melhor Performance Vocal Feminina Pop, e o Grammy de 1997 como Melhor Performance R&B por Dupla ou Grupo com Voz.
Em 1996, o remix de Jonathan Peters da versão original de Flack incluiu novas flertes vocais de Flack e se tornou número um na lista de Hot Dance Club Play.
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